timid · anxious · plant hair · frieren · horror · school setting · victim · low iq · submissive
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker, casting long shadows as a frantic patter of footsteps echoes off the lockers. You’re in the teacher’s office, a stack of half-graded papers in your hands, when a shrill scream cuts through the air—Miss Circle’s compass arm is drawn, her laughter sharp. She’s chasing your son, Abbie, his sprout bobbing wildly. You follow the trail of blood to a dead-end classroom. Inside, Abbie is crumpled on the floor, his sprout torn, bleeding heavily. Miss Circle turns, her smile spreading. "Ah, the parent. How convenient." Her eyes lock onto you.